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Fresh Pick | STUCK WITH YOU by Trish Jensen
Author Guest , Fresh Pick / January 18, 2012

January 2012 On Sale: January 1, 2012 Featuring: Ross Bennett; Paige Hart ISBN: 1611940869 EAN: 9781611940862 Trade Size (reprint) $13.95  Add to Wish List Romance Buy at Amazon.com If you missed it the first time, don’t miss it now… Stuck With You by Trish Jensen As lawyers on opposing sides of a messy divorce case, Paige Hart and Ross Bennett ought to have kept matters purely professional, yet Paige and Ross came to loathe each other with an intensity that was strictly personal. The bad blood between them takes on an unexpected new dimension when the infuriated pair is forced to share a hospital room, when they’re quarantined after being exposed to the rare and highly contagious Tibetan Concupiscence Virus that’s reputed to shift sensual desire into high gear. When symptoms (which a nonmedical person might mistake for pure and simple lust) start showing up way ahead of schedule, the lawyers’ objections to each other are overruled — and they enjoy every minute of it. But, after the doctors declare that the disease has run its course, Paige and Ross are still feverish with a longing for one another that they hope will never be cured. When the verdict comes…

Fresh Pick | WHISPERS IN THE DARK by Maya Banks
Fresh Pick / January 12, 2012

KGI #4  January 2012 On Sale: January 3, 2012 Featuring: Shea; Nathan Kelly 352 pages ISBN: 0425246108 EAN: 9780425246108 Kindle: B005ERITRU Paperback $7.99 Add to Wish List Romance Suspense Buy at Amazon.com Picked as a Book Club favorite, like candy, you can’t read just one! Whispers In The Dark by Maya Banks She came to him when he needed her the most. She came to him at his lowest point. The voice of an angel, a whisper in the dark. She’s the only thing that gets Nathan Kelly through his captivity, the endless days of torture and the fear that he’ll never return to his family. With her help, he’s able to escape. But he isn’t truly free, because now she’s disappeared and he’s left with an all-consuming emptiness as he struggles to pick up the pieces of his life. Did he imagine his angel? Or is she out there, needing his help as he’d once needed hers? Now he rushes to save her before it’s too late. Shea has been on the run from people who will stop at nothing to exploit her unique abilities. She never wanted to drag Nathan, who’d already suffered so much, into danger, but…

Fresh Pick | THE HAND THAT TREMBLES by Kjell Eriksson
Fresh Pick / December 29, 2011

August 2011 On Sale: August 2, 2011 Featuring: Ann Lindell 320 pages ISBN: 0312605056 EAN: 9780312605056 Hardcover $24.99  Add to Wish List Mystery Woman Sleuth Buy at Amazon.com Suspense in Sweden The Hand That Trembles by Kjell Eriksson A Swedish county commissioner walks out of a high-level meeting and disappears. Many years later, one of the town’s natives is convinced that he’s caught a glimpse of the missing man while traveling in Bangalore, India. When the rumors reach his hometown, a veteran police officer stumbles across a seemingly unrelated case. Separately, Ann Lindell, Eriksson’s series detective, must investigate a severed female foot found where a striking number of inhabitants are single men. But the owner of the house where the victim is believed to have lived is no longer able to answer any questions. . . . Previous Picks

Fresh Pick | SMALL TOWN CHRISTMAS by Jill Shalvis, Hope Ramsay, Katie Lane
Fresh Pick / December 24, 2011

November 2011 On Sale: November 1, 2011 ISBN: 145551361X EAN: 9781455513611 Kindle: B005JT1UBA e-Book $2.99  Add to Wish List Holiday, Romance Anthology Buy at Amazon.com Cozy up with this Holiday anthology Small Town Christmas by Jill Shalvis, Hope Ramsay, Katie Lane New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis headlines this touching anthology of Christmas stories as readers come home for the holidays to Lucky Harbor, WA; Last Chance, SC; and Bramble, TX. Three heartwarming holiday stories to prove that love is the greatest gift of all Kissing Santa Claus NASCAR driver Logan Perrish returns to Lucky Harbor, Washington, with love in his heart and a ring in his pocket. But can Sandy Jansen forget the past and give him a second chance? Or will Logan be spending another Christmas alone? I’ll Be Home for Christmas After ignoring the advice of Miz Miriam Randall, local matchmaker, Annie Roberts expects another hum drum holiday in Last Chance, South Carolina. But when a stray cat arrives in the arms of Army sergeant Matt Jasper, a calico named Holly just may be the best matchmaker of all. O Little Town of Bramble All Ethan Miller wants for Christmas is to celebrate in Bramble, Texas,…

Fresh Pick | A WINTER SCANDAL by Candace Camp
Fresh Pick / December 22, 2011

Legend of St. Dwynwen #1  November 2011 On Sale: October 25, 2011 Featuring: Thea Bainbridge; Gabriel Morecombe 384 pages ISBN: 1451639503 EAN: 9781451639506 Paperback $7.99 Add to Wish List Holiday, Romance Historical Buy at Amazon.com A historical series begins…with passion at the holidays A Winter Scandal by Candace Camp The perfect season for forbidden passion New York Times bestselling author Candace Camp weaves a heartwarming tale, first in a thrilling new series, of Christmastime love, discovery, and scandal. . . . When plain and proper Thea Bainbridge stumbles upon a baby in the manger of her church’s nativity, she is understandably shocked. Discovering a brooch bearing the insignia of Gabriel, Lord Morecombe, hidden among the child’s clothing, she is certain the dissolute rake is to blame. Incensed, Thea sets out to reproach the arrogant lord—only to find herself utterly swept away. Gabriel is intrigued by the vivacity in Thea’s flashing gray eyes when she accuses him of fathering the orphan, even as he adamantly maintains his innocence. The brooch is one he remembers all too well, however, and Gabriel is determined to find the mother of the missing child. As the mystery around the baby deepens, Gabriel is continually thrown…

Fresh Pick | MRS. JEFFRIES AND THE MISTLETOE MIX-UP by Emily Brightwell
Fresh Pick / December 21, 2011

Mrs. Jeffries November 2011 On Sale: November 1, 2011 Featuring: Inspector Witherspoon; Mrs. Jeffries 272 pages ISBN: 0425243575 EAN: 9780425243572 Kindle: B0052RHDS8 Hardcover $23.95  Add to Wish List Mystery Cozy, Holiday Buy at Amazon.com A Victorian mystery for the holiday Mrs. Jeffries And The Mistletoe Mix-Up by Emily Brightwell Ring in the season with another Mrs. Jeffries tale of holiday homicide. Under a bundle of mistletoe, art collector Daniel McCourt lies with his throat slit, a bloody sword next to his body. Inspector Witherspoon is determined to solve the case-preferably before the eggnog is ladled out on Christmas Eve-but of course he will require assistance from the always sharp-witted housekeeper, Mrs. Jeffries, who has a few of her own theories on why McCourt had to die by the sword. Previous Picks

Fresh Pick | THE NINE LIVES OF CHRISTMAS by Sheila Roberts
Fresh Pick / December 19, 2011

November 2011 On Sale: October 25, 2011 208 pages ISBN: 0312594496 EAN: 9780312594497 Hardcover $14.99  Add to Wish List Women’s Fiction Contemporary, Holiday Buy at Amazon.com The Nine Lives Of Christmas by Sheila Roberts Two people are about to discover that when it comes to finding love, sometimes Christmas magic isn’t enough…sometimes it takes a pesky orange cat named Ambrose. When a guy is in trouble, he starts making deals with his Creator…and Ambrose the cat is no exception. In danger of losing his ninth and final life, Ambrose makes a desperate plea to the universe. He’ll do anything—anything!—if he can just survive and enjoy a nice long, final life.His prayer is answered when a stranger comes along and saves him—and now it looks like he has to hold up his end of the bargain. The stranger turns out to be a firefighter named Zach, who’s in need of some serious romantic help. If Ambrose can just bring Zach together with Merilee,the nice lady who works at Pet Palace, it’s bound to earn him a healthy ninth life. Unfortunately for Ambrose, his mission is a lot harder than he ever thought. Merriliee is way too shy to make the first…

Fresh Pick | CAT TELLING TALES by Shirley Rousseau Murphy
Fresh Pick / December 18, 2011

A Joe Grey Mystery #17  December 2011 On Sale: November 22, 2011 Featuring: Debbie Kraft; Joe Grey 352 pages ISBN: 0061806927 EAN: 9780061806926 Kindle: B0053JOL5I Hardcover $19.99 Add to Wish List Mystery Pet Lovers, Mystery Cozy, Holiday Buy at Amazon.com A holiday mystery Cat Telling Tales by Shirley Rousseau Murphy Even the bright seaside village of Molena Point has been hit hard by the economic downturn, bringing a rash of foreclosures in which many residents are abandoning their family pets. While feline P. I. Joe Grey’s human friends join together to care for the starving cats, a fire leaves a twelve-year-old boy homeless. The body of his alcoholic guardian is discovered in the smoldering ruins, causing Joe to wonder if escape was really impossible for the elderly woman or if something more sinister occurred. Meanwhile, Debbie Kraft descends uninvited on the Damens’ home with her two children, claiming that her ex-husband has left her with no money and nowhere else to go. But when Joe learns that the victim of the fire was Debbie’s estranged mother and that Debbie is not broke at all but carrying plenty of cash, his fur is on end with suspicion. As Debbie’s abandoned tomcat…

Fresh Pick | KISSES ON HER CHRISTMAS LIST by Susan Meier
Fresh Pick / December 17, 2011

December 2011 On Sale: November 29, 2011 Featuring: Rory Wallace; Shannon Raleigh 256 pages ISBN: 0373177690 EAN: 9780373177691 Kindle: B005WJ8I8A Paperback $4.99  Add to Wish List Romance Series, Holiday Buy at Amazon.com A sweet romance for the holidays Kisses On Her Christmas List by Susan Meier Shannon’s Christmas Wish List 1. A gorgeous billionaire to buy her store…enter Rory Wallace—swoon! 2. The magic of Christmas…Rory and his little girl need to know that it still exists. 3. Willpower…because kissing Rory under the mistletoe would be a Very Bad Idea. Shannon Raleigh can’t believe that both Rory Wallace and his little girl dislike Christmas so much and she’s determined to make her favorite season as magical as possible! But working with handsome Rory every day proves challenging, because Shannon finds herself longing for Christmas kisses with the man she can never have…. Excerpt Shannon Raleigh turned to get a look at herself in the full-length mirror in the bathroom of her executive office suite and gaped in horror. The tall black boots and short red velvet dress she wore exposed most of her legs and the white fur-trimmed U at the bodice revealed a sizable strip of cleavage. “I can’t go…

Fresh Pick | CHRISTMAS IN LUCKY HARBOR by Jill Shalvis
Fresh Pick / December 11, 2011

Lucky Harbor November 2011 On Sale: November 21, 2011 704 pages ISBN: 1455502529 EAN: 9781455502523 Mass Market Paperback (reprint) $7.99  Add to Wish List Holiday, Romance Contemporary Buy at Amazon.com Double for one price Christmas in Lucky Harbor by Jill Shalvis Two Lucky Harbor Novels for one low price Love awaits you in Lucky Harbor . . . Simply Irresistible After losing her boyfriend and her job, Maddie leaves L.A. to claim her inheritance-a ramshackle inn nestled in the little town of Lucky Harbor, Washington. She sees the potential for a new home and a new career-if she can give the inn the makeover it needs. Enter Jax, a tall, handsome contractor who knows exactly what Maddie needs… The Sweetest Thing Helping her sister set up the family inn is just the thing to make Tara forget her ex-husband and focus on her new life. Until she meets a sexy, green-eyed sailor determined to keep her hot, bothered, and in his bed. When her ex reappears, Tara must confront her past and decide what she really wants. If the sisters are lucky, they might just find that everything their hearts desire is right here in Lucky Harbor. Previous Picks